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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001696
Kempsville Meadows Elementary
736 Edwin Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 · (757) 648-2760 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
192 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
69.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 76.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kempsville Meadows Elementary
Kempsville Meadows Elementary's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempsville Meadows Elementary this school | 438 | 43.8% | 66.4% |
| Indian Lakes Elementary Virginia Beach | 516 | 39.5% | 71.9% |
| Providence Elementary Virginia Beach | 547 | 40.6% | 79.5% |
| J. Blaine Blayton Elementary Williamsburg | 481 | 43.9% | 72.3% |
| Waller Mill Elementary Williamsburg | 445 | 38.7% | 85.5% |
| Clara Byrd Baker Elementary Williamsburg | 457 | 44.9% | 75.4% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kempsville Meadows Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #694 of 1,101 | #40 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #711 of 1,111 ▲ 131 | #41 of 54 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #640 of 1,111 ▼ 173 | #42 of 54 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #735 of 1,176 | #45 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #146 of 1,105 | #11 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #134 of 1,106 | #17 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #825 of 1,157 | #33 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #423 of 759 | #17 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
438
-36 (-8%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 438 | 37.3 | 11.7:1 | 44% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 34.2 | 12.9:1 | 46% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 34.8 | 13.5:1 | 46% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 31.1 | 15.8:1 | 43% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 27 | 18.9:1 | 39% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 40% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 28% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 645 | 33 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kempsville Meadows Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (491 to 438); teachers up 20% (31.1 to 37.3).
About Kempsville Meadows Elementary
Kempsville Meadows Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Virginia, located in Virginia Beach. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 438 students.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools counts 64,731 students in its 82 schools, and Kempsville Meadows Elementary is one of them.
The student body at Kempsville Meadows Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 38%. The next largest groups are 31% Black, 16% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 23 points below the 61% share among Virginia Beach city residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Kempsville Meadows Elementary has 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.8:1. The school has 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Kempsville Meadows Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 76.2%. Kempsville Meadows Elementary scores 66.4%.
Virginia Beach city is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $92,968 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Kempsville Meadows Elementary shares Virginia Beach city with 88 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Larkspur Middle, is about 0.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Kempsville Meadows Elementary places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Kempsville Meadows Elementary is City: Large.
An 8% decline took enrollment from 474 in 2020-21 to 438 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.8:1 in 2020-21 to 11.7:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Kempsville Meadows Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Nearby schools
- Larkspur Middle0.1 mi · 1,488
- Kempsville Middle0.8 mi · 727
- Providence Elementary0.8 mi · 547
- Kempsville High0.9 mi · 2,046
- Kempsville Elementary1.0 mi · 498
- Indian Lakes Elementary1.3 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Kempsville Meadows ElementaryHow many students attend Kempsville Meadows Elementary?
Kempsville Meadows Elementary enrolls approximately 438 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kempsville Meadows Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kempsville Meadows Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Kempsville Meadows Elementary?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Kempsville Meadows Elementary.
How diverse is Kempsville Meadows Elementary?
Kempsville Meadows Elementary reports a student body of 38% White, 12% Hispanic, 31% Black, 3% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Kempsville Meadows Elementary in?
Kempsville Meadows Elementary is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.